|
State |
Lic. |
Law
Article/Section |
Reciprocity |
Exemptions |
| Alabama |
No |
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| Alaska |
No |
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| Arizona |
Yes |
ARS 32-2401-16 |
no |
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| Arkansas |
Yes |
ACA §17-40-101 - 107 |
Tennessee, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. To
qualify for reciprocity, the license must be current, and the applicant
must have been licensed in the reciprocal state for at least two
consecutive years. |
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| California |
No |
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The state of California has recently
decided that a PI license is NOT required to provide computer forensic
services. |
| Colorado |
No |
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| Connecticut |
Yes |
P.A. 04-192 Sec. 1 |
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| Delaware |
No |
Title 24 Section 1301 |
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Delaware exempts computer forensic
examiners . "Investigator" or "agency" shall not include any person
employed as a computer forensic specialist. |
District of
Colombia |
No |
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| Florida |
Yes |
Chapter 493 |
California
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee*
Virginia |
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| Georgia |
Yes |
Chapter 38
of Title 43 |
Currently, the Board has Limited License
Recognition Agreements with Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana,
California, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Tennessee. What is a Limited
License Recognition Agreement?
The agreement between Georgia and other states allows a licensed private
investigator in another state to enter into Georgia for a period not to
exceed 30 days per case per year, in order to complete a case that
originated in the state of licensure. A Georgia-licensed investigator
would also be able to enter into the other state to perform work for a
30-day period on a case that originated in Georgia. |
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| Hawaii |
Yes |
CHAPTER 463 |
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an attorney at law in performing the
attorney's duties as such attorney at law. |
| Idaho |
No |
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| Illinois |
Yes |
225 ILCS 447 |
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An attorney licensed to practice in Illinois while engaging in the
practice of law. |
| Indiana |
Yes |
IC 25-30-1-2 |
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| Iowa |
Yes |
Iowa Code Chapter 80A
Rules, 661, Chapter 121 |
A person who holds a valid license to act
as a private investigator or as a private security officer issued by a
proper authority of another state, based on requirements and
qualifications similar to the requirements of this chapter, may be
issued a temporary permit to so act in this state, if the person's
licensing jurisdiction extends by reciprocity similar privileges to a
person licensed to act as a private investigator or private security
officer licensed by this state. |
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| Kansas |
Yes |
75-7b01 through 75-7b23 |
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attorney performing duties as an attorney
or a person employed exclusively and regularly by an attorney or law
firm performing duties exclusively on behalf of the attorney or law firm |
| Kentucky |
Yes |
329A.010 |
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| Louisiana |
No |
Private Investigators Law (LA. R.S.
37:3500 - 3525) |
The states that have signed Limited
Reciprocity are:
Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia
The states that have signed Full Reciprocity are: Arkansas, Oklahoma |
However, scientific research laboratories,
technical experts, and licensed engineers shall not be included in this
definition. An attorney at law licensed to practice in this state and
his employees. |
| Maine |
Yes |
Title 32 - Chapter 89 |
The commissioner shall grant a license to
an applicant who has a valid private investigator's license granted
under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, upon
payment of the required fee and the production of satisfactory proof
that: [1981, c. 126, § 2 (new).]
1. Equivalent requirements. The requirements of the state or territory
for a private investigator's license were, at the date of the licensing,
substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter; and
[1981, c. 126, § 2 (new).]
2. Reciprocity. The other state or territory grants similar
reciprocity to license holders in this State. |
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| Maryland |
Yes |
Title 13-101 |
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to an individual who, as a regular part-time or full-time employee of a
lawyer, provides services that relate to the lawyer's regular practice
of law in the State; |
| Massachusetts |
Yes |
Chapter 147 Sections 22-30 |
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http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/147-23.htm |
| Michigan |
Yes |
Public Act 285 of 1965 |
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| Minnesota |
Yes |
Minnesota Rules Chapter 7506 |
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an attorney-at-law while performing the
duties of an attorney-at-law or an investigator
employed exclusively by an attorney or a law firm engaged in
investigating legal matters; |
| Mississippi |
No |
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| Missouri |
No |
Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 84
St. Louis and Kansas City
Section 84.340 |
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None required on the state level, but Kansas City, St Louis, Joplin, St
Joseph and Springfield require licensing. |
| Montana |
Yes |
Title 37 Chapter 60 |
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(4) (a) an attorney at law in performing his duties as an attorney at
law;
(b) a legal intern, paralegal, or legal assistant employed by one
or more lawyers, law offices, governmental agencies, or other entities; |
| Nebraska |
Yes |
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3201. |
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| Nevada |
Yes |
NRS 648.012 |
Nevada does not have reciprocity
agreements with licensees from other states. What we do have is a
regulation which addresses this issue. Please read the following:
NAC 648.280 Authorization of person licensed by another jurisdiction.
(NRS 648.030)
1. A private investigator, repossessor, private patrolman,
polygraphic examiner or process server who:
(a) Has been licensed and is in good standing in another state or a
territory of the United States;
(b) Has begun activities for a client in a particular case in that
jurisdiction; and
(c) Needs to continue the activities of that case in Nevada, may
apply to the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Board for authorization
to work on that case in Nevada. |
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| New Hampshire |
Yes |
RSA CHAPTER 106-F |
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensure under
this chapter for persons engaged in interviewing parties or witnesses in
any legal matter. |
| New Jersey |
Yes |
Chapter 55
of Title 13 |
No |
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| New Mexico |
Yes |
16.48.1 NMAC |
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| New York |
Yes |
Article 7 General Business Law |
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| North Carolina |
Yes |
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At the Private Protective Services Board's
June 17, 2004 Screening Committee meeting, the committee addressed the
requirements of those conducting computer forensics investigations. The
Committee's ruling was that as long as the individual was retrieving and
printing the information from the computer and then turning it over to
the client for analysis, then a license was not required. However, if
you were to retrieve the information and then try to determine it's
meaning yourself then a license would be required. The Committee's
recommendation was adopted by the full Board. |
| North Dakota |
Yes |
CHAPTER 43−30 |
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1. Any person making any investigation of
any matter in which that person or the
person by whom that person is solely employed is interested or
involved. 2. An expert who specializes in a specific, limited area of
practice, including automotive
accident reconstructions, fire cause and origin inspections, technical
surveillance
countermeasures, handwriting analysis, auditor, accountant or accounting
clerk
performing audits or accounting functions, or other areas of practice
covered by
other licensure in the state, and other areas determined by the board,
that fall within
the individual's scope of employment, incidental to the investigative
profession.
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| Ohio |
Yes |
Section 4749.021 of the Ohio Revised Code |
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Attorneys at law or any expert hired by an
attorney at law for consultation or litigation purposes |
| Oklahoma |
No |
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| Oregon |
Yes |
ORS 703.430 |
Califonia |
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| Pennsylvania |
No |
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None required on the state level, but done
at the County level |
| Rhode Island |
No |
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a detective's
license in order to interview parties and/or witnesses in legal
matters. |
| South Carolina |
Yes |
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If you accept a fee to secure or obtain
[extract] information from any source, including a computer drive, with
reference to the identity, habits, conduct, business, occupation,
honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency,
loyalty, activity, movement, whereabouts, affiliations, associations,
transactions, acts, reputation or character of a person, or in reference
to the location, disposition or recovery of stolen property, or as
evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding, or before a board, an
administrative agency, an officer, or investigating committee, you are
required to be licensed as a private investigator in South Carolina (SC
Code Section 40-18-20). However, acceptance of a fee to merely examine
such information after it is secured, obtained or extracted by another
person for the purpose of offering your written and/or testimonial
opinions concerning that information, then you are considered a
consultant and are not required to be licensed as a private investigator
in South Carolina. |
| South Dakota |
No |
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| Tennessee |
Yes |
(TCA) 62-26-223, subsection 3 (A) iii |
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UNLESS you are retained by an attorney or
law firm because of your technical expertise |
| Texas |
Yes |
Title 10 Sec. 1702.101 |
No |
An attorney while engaged in the practice
of law; (10)AAa person who obtains a document for use in litigation
under an authorization or subpoena issued for a written or oral
deposition; |
| Utah |
Yes |
Utah Code Title 53 Chapter 09 |
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| Vermont |
Yes |
Title 26 -
Chapter 59: |
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Attorneys engaged in the practice of law,
and law clerks, paralegals and other laypersons regularly employed
exclusively by one attorney or law firm when the attorney or law firm
retains complete professional responsibility for the work product of the
law clerk, paralegal or other laypersons in his, her or its employ. |
| Virginia |
Yes |
6 VAC 20-171 |
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee |
An attorney or certified public accountant
licensed to practice in Virginia or his employees.
Licensed or registered private investigators from other states entering
Virginia during an investigation originating in their state of licensure
or registration when the other state offers similar reciprocity to
private investigators licensed and registered by the Commonwealth.
Any certified forensic scientist employed as an expert witness for the
purpose of possibly testifying as an expert witness. |
| Washington |
No |
RCW
18.165.020(10) |
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| West Virginia |
Yes |
Chapter 30
Article 18 |
No |
Attorneys or counselors-at-law or any
employee or representative of such attorney or counselor |
| Wisconsin |
Yes |
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Scientific researchers, laboratory
personnel and expert consultants who may provide testimony to any court,
board, officer or investigating committee. |
| Wyoming |
No |
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